Hi,

Can some one give me a clue about this situation: Someone sent me a a very
rude and slanderous email, and I forwarded it to a small yahoo discussion
group for everyone to see. Can I in some way be libel for this?

Thanks much in advance for any clues,
James H. Bath

jamesbath@bellsouth.net wrote:
Hi,
Can some one give me a clue about this situation: Someone sent me a a very rude and slanderous email, and I forwarded it to a small yahoo discussion group for everyone to see. Can I in some way be libel for this?
Thanks much in advance for any clues, James H. Bath

It's your property to do with as you please.
But why ridicule yourself in that way if you call it slander?

Wow, Richard. What an astute question. I didn't expect it at all. Anyway,
the answer is: The slander would just cause me ego harm (at least in that
particular setting), and that's about as far as it would go. If someone
wanted to make of me what the email said, without consulting me further or
thinking about it any deeper, then, frankly, I don't see where that person
can benefit my life anyway -- so let him/her go their own way, thinking
whatever they want. Really, no sweat off my back.

But thanks for your informative, enlightening reply to my original question.
Much appreciated.

James




"Richard" <anonymous@127.000> wrote in message
news:c1c4le02h49@enews2.newsguy.com... jamesbath@bellsouth.net wrote: Hi, Can some one give me a clue about this situation: Someone sent me a a very rude and slanderous email, and I forwarded it to a small yahoo discussion group for everyone to see. Can I in some way be libel for this? Thanks much in advance for any clues, James H. Bath It's your property to do with as you please. But why ridicule yourself in that way if you call it slander?

Let me add to my previous reply. The practical reason for forwarding the
slanderous email was to give to the group "behind the scenes" information
that my opponent (in our public argument) was blocking. He had control of
the information flow. He had administrative rights to the little yahoo
group. And he was censuring my part of the argument -- cherry picking -- to
make his look stronger. I needed the private email to explain my public
responses, to show where my response was coming from. Otherwise, it would
have seemed groundless and arbitrary.

James



"Richard" <anonymous@127.000> wrote in message
news:c1c4le02h49@enews2.newsguy.com... jamesbath@bellsouth.net wrote: Hi, Can some one give me a clue about this situation: Someone sent me a a very rude and slanderous email, and I forwarded it to a small yahoo discussion group for everyone to see. Can I in some way be libel for this? Thanks much in advance for any clues, James H. Bath It's your property to do with as you please. But why ridicule yourself in that way if you call it slander?

<jamesbath@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:dgo_b.11770$Ve2.1352@bignews6.bellsouth.net.. . Wow, Richard. What an astute question. I didn't expect it at all.
Anyway, the answer is: The slander would just cause me ego harm (at least in that particular setting), and that's about as far as it would go. If someone wanted to make of me what the email said, without consulting me further or thinking about it any deeper, then, frankly, I don't see where that person can benefit my life anyway -- so let him/her go their own way, thinking whatever they want. Really, no sweat off my back. But thanks for your informative, enlightening reply to my original
question. Much appreciated.

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"Richard" <anonymous@127.000> wrote in message news:c1c4le02h49@enews2.newsguy.com... jamesbath@bellsouth.net wrote: Hi, Can some one give me a clue about this situation: Someone sent me a
a very rude and slanderous email, and I forwarded it to a small yahoo discussion group for everyone to see. Can I in some way be libel for this? Thanks much in advance for any clues, James H. Bath It's your property to do with as you please. But why ridicule yourself in that way if you call it slander?

<jamesbath@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:<X7d_b.7647$ks2.2359@bignews5.bellsouth.net>... Hi, Can some one give me a clue about this situation: Someone sent me a a very rude and slanderous email, and I forwarded it to a small yahoo discussion group for everyone to see. Can I in some way be libel for this? Thanks much in advance for any clues, James H. Bath

You can't libel yourself, as a general rule. If the person defamed in
the E-mail was you, you're SOL, because you're the one who did the
publishing.

If the E-mail was defamatory of someone else, you could, at least in
theory, be sued for libel. Whether a libel suit would succeed is a
whole different question.

--
Not a lawyer,

Chris Green

Thank you, Chris.

James


"Christopher Green" <cj.green@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:c31fa7b1.0402231341.7203ad0e@posting.google.c om... <jamesbath@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:<X7d_b.7647$ks2.2359@bignews5.bellsouth.net>... Hi, Can some one give me a clue about this situation: Someone sent me a a
very rude and slanderous email, and I forwarded it to a small yahoo
discussion group for everyone to see. Can I in some way be libel for this? Thanks much in advance for any clues, James H. Bath You can't libel yourself, as a general rule. If the person defamed in the E-mail was you, you're SOL, because you're the one who did the publishing. If the E-mail was defamatory of someone else, you could, at least in theory, be sued for libel. Whether a libel suit would succeed is a whole different question. -- Not a lawyer, Chris Green